Stock brooding and nursing apparatus.



PATENTED SEPT. 13, 1904.

G. EISOLD. STOCK BROODING AND NURSING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 2. 1904.

'NO MODEL.

with STATES Patented September 13, 1904.

ArnNr rricn.

GUSTAV EISOLD, OF WILSON, INISOONSIN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED O.RUNGE, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

STOCK BROODING AND NURSING APPARATUS- SPEGIFIOATION forming part ofLetters Patent No, 769,942, dated September 13, 1904. Application filedMay 2, 1904. Serial No- 205,900. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUsTAv EIsoLD, a citi- Zen of the United States,residing at the town of Wilson, county of Sheboygan, and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stock Broodingand Nursing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in stock nursing and broodingapparatus designed more especially for infant pigs, but capable of usefor other animals as Well.

The objects of my invention are, first, to provide simple andinexpensive means for furnishing a supply of warm food in liquid form tothe infant animals, of which food a constant supply may be maintainedand heated by artificial means; second, to provide a form ofconstruction which may be easily kept clean and which will not get outof repair; third, to provide a form of construction in which the heatused for warming the feed will be also utilized in providing a warm restfor the animals and uniformly distributed thereto and to thefood-supply.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail planview of the heat-deflecting hood which covers the lamp. Fig. dis anenlarged detail sectional view of the upper end of one of thesuction-tubes 26 and a portion of a nipple attached thereto.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughoutthe several views.

A sheet-metal inclosure 1, open at the top, is secured to a floor 2 orother support by means of screws 3 passed diagonally through holes nearthe base of the inclosure. The upper portion of the inclosure is reducedin size, the walls being ofifset inwardly on a horizontal plane forminga shelf 6, and the upper end of the reduced portion is provided with arolled margin 7 of suflicient size to form a rest for the feet of theanimals.

A ring 10 is adapted to fit Within the upper portion of the inclosureand is provided with resilient clamping-arms 11, which engage over themargin 7 when the ring is in position of use, and thus hold the ringfirmly in such position. he arms also serve as stops to prevent the ringfrom moving downwardly in the inclosure farther than is desired. Thisring is provided with a series of apertures 12, which serve as a ventfor the escape of warm air and gases of combustion passing upwardly fromthe lamp 13, which is placed upon the floor within the inclosure andcovered by an arched deflecting-hood 14, adapted to direct the heatedair and gas from the lamp outwardly and underneath the shelf 6. Theedges of the hood are preferably notched, as indicated at 16, and bentdownwardly to form feet, which support the hood in position. To permitthe removal of the lamp, the hood is provided with an aperture 17,covered by a loose cap 18, through which a bail 19 projects from thelamp, whereby by lifting upon the hail the cap and lamp may be removedand replaced at pleasure. The upper edge of the ring 10 is rolledoutwardly, as shown at 20. A liquidcontaining receptacle 21 is adaptedto fit within the ring 10 and is provided with resilient clamping-arms22, similar to the clampingarms 11 and which engage over the rolledmargin 20 of the ring 10 and support the receptacle from the ring. Thereceptacle is thus supported from the ring 10 with its bottom above theaperture 12. These apertures are located near the central portion ofring 10.

Near its upper edge the receptacle is provided with a series of holes25, through each of which holes a suction-tube 26 is inserted. Each ofthese suction-tubes is elbowed, with one arm extending downwardly Withinthe receptacle, nearly to the bottom thereof, and another arm extendingthrough the hole and provided with a nipple 27, which is held inposition by an enlargement 28 at the outer extremity of the tube. Thesetubes are preferably made of glass and are held in position by theengagement of the nipples against the outer surfaces of the receptacle21 and also by a ring 30, preferably of wire and arranged to bearagainst the downwardly-projecting arms of the tubes within thereceptacle.

The receptacle is provided with a cover 32 and a bail 33. The bail ismade of springwire, engaging ears 34 on the sides of the receptacle andhaving loops 35 near said ears and positioned for engagement with thecover when the bail is swung downwardly. The loops are so formed thatwhen the bail is sizvung in one direction they will move into engagementwith the cover and will be moved along the surface of the cover past thepivotline of the bailz'. 6., past the line in which the bail engages theears. With this construction when the bail is swung downwardly it willbe locked in position by the loops bearing on the cover and the coverthereby held from displacement by the animals. The shelf 6 may becovered with straw or cloth and forms a warm resting-place for theanimals. A tube 37 may be used to convey air to the lamp from the sideof the inclosure, whereby the incoming air will not interfere with theoutwardly-moving warm air-currents deflected by the shield into theouter portions of the inclosure.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In apparatus of the described class, the combination of an inclosure;a liquid-containing receptacle removably fitted to the inclosure; aseries of rigid tubes extending upwardly within the receptacle andoutwardly through apertures in the upper portions of thereceptacle-walls; a ring within the receptacle engaging said tubes; andexterior nipples secured to the projecting ends of the tub es andcooperating with the ring to hold the tubes in position.

2. In apparatus of the described class, the combination with aninclosure; a receptacle removably fitted to the inclosure and providedwith a series of suction tubes extending through the walls of thereceptacle near its top and downwardly within the receptacle; nipplessecured to said tubes exterior to the receptacle; a removable cover forthe receptacle and a bail connected with the receptacle and having loopsadapted to bear upon said cover and to move past the line of thebailpivots when the bail is folded upon the cover.

3. In apparatus of the described class, the combination of an inclosure,provided with an inwardly-projecting shelf, a heater within theinclosure; a shield covering said heater and arranged to deflect theheat therefrom underneath said shelf; an upwardly-projecting ringadapted to receive the heated air from underneath the shelf and providedwith apertures near its upper margin for the escape of such air and areceptacle adapted to fit within the ring; a series of suction-tubesleading from the lower portion of the receptacle upwardly and outwardlythrough the walls of the receptacle and nipples secured to saidsuction-tubes exterior to the receptacle.

4. In apparatus of the described class, the combination of an inclosure,provided with an inwardly-projecting shelf; a heater within theinclosure; a shield covering said heater and arranged to deflect theheat therefrom underneath said shelf; an upwardly-projecting ringadapted to receive the heated air from underneath the shelf and providedwith apertures near its upper margin for the escape of such air; and areceptacle adapted to fit within the ring; a series of suction-tubesleading from the lower portion of the receptacle upwardly and outwardlythrough the Walls of the receptacle and nipples secured to saidsuction-tubes exterior to the receptacle.

5. In apparatus of the described class, the combination of an inclosureformed with an inwardly-projecting shelf and having anupwardly-projecting annular extension; a ring fitting said annularextension and having resilient clamping-arms engaging the outer surfacethereof; the upper margin of said extension being rolled outwardly forengagement with said clamping-arms and adapted to form a rest for thefeet of small animals; a receptacle fitting said ring and havingresilient clamping-arms engaging the outer surface thereof; a series ofsuction-tubes extending upwardly from near the bottom of the receptacleand outwardly through the walls thereof; and nipples secured to theprojecting ends of the tubes; together with a heater, located withinsaid inclosure; an arched deflecting-shield covering said heater; a bailconnected with the heater and extending through an aperture in theshield; and a cap, covering said aperture and engaging said bail; saidaperture being adapted to permit the removal of the heater therethroughand said deflecting-shield being adapted to direct the heated air undersaid shelf.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

GUSTAV EISOLD.

Witnesses:

LEVERETT (1. WHEELER, G. J. DAVELAAR.

